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Old Oct 8, 2013 | 11:05 PM
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sup ht i have a 89 civic hatch and just today i notice that my brake light dont come on i check the fuse in the interior fox box and there good so i looked under the hood fuse box and it has a 15 amp blown so i replace it so i thought that was it but i soon as i press on the brake pedal it pops i have tried 15,20,30 amp
and they just keep blowing need some help..
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Old Oct 9, 2013 | 05:07 AM
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Originally Posted by 89civicstd
sup ht i have a 89 civic hatch and just today i notice that my brake light dont come on i check the fuse in the interior fox box and there good so i looked under the hood fuse box and it has a 15 amp blown so i replace it so i thought that was it but i soon as i press on the brake pedal it pops i have tried 15,20,30 amp
and they just keep blowing need some help..
Must be a bad ground or open power somewhere. Check your bulbs and make sure there isn't a broken line just hitting the frame.
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Old Oct 9, 2013 | 05:31 AM
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Bad bulb.Take all the brake light bulbs out then press the pedal see if the fuse blow, if it doesn't then change the light bulbs.
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Old Oct 9, 2013 | 05:39 AM
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Bad bulb.Take all the brake light bulbs out then press the pedal see if the fuse blow, if it doesn't then change the light bulbs.
That's a good way to isolate the bulb vs the wiring. If it does blow with no bulb, your problem is probably harder to fix.
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Old Oct 9, 2013 | 06:48 AM
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Default Re: brake light fuse keeps blowing

And stop overfusing it. Your damn lucky you didnt burn up any wiring by putting a higher rated fuse in there.
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